e-sports

Article: Team EG's Contest: "You Could Make Money... forever."

StarCraft 2 professional e-sports team EvilGeniuses, whom our flux vane-equipped Overlords secretly filmed at MLG Raleigh 2011, have announced a multi-phase T-Shirt design contest with promise of riches to the best designer. "Reddit, it's time." Stated the midnight

Article: MLG Announces the MLG Global StarCraft 2 Invitational

Major League Gaming has grown substantially since its initial foray into the competitive video gaming space, and now looks to quench our thirst for gladiatorial StarCraft 2 showmanship even further with the MLG Global StarCraft 2 Invitational. As...

Article: SC2 Pro Interview with vileSpanishiwa

Now that MLG Raleigh (our video montage here, for those that missed it) has cooled down and MLG Orlando and Providence are coming up (where the hell is 'Providence,' anyway?), we had a chance to sit down and talk with vileSpanishiwa from the StarCraft 2 pro community, who is known for his Zerg strategies (and Ultralisks). Of course, we all know...

Article: Little STBomber's Rise to Power

His white sports jacket places him in the same category of 'the jocks' in high school, but we all see the scrawny StarTaleBomber as a StarCraft 2 professional icon. He's the new king of MLG Raleigh, dethroning last year's HuK, taking out SlayerSCoCa 4-1 in an extended series, followed by EG-Puma, and taking down every opponent he faced - including DonRaeGu in

Article: MLG Raleigh 2011 Video Montage

In the famous words of Randy Marsh: "You're gonna need a montage! (Montaaaaage!)!" And he's right. MLG Raleigh 2011 consumed over 40 hours from each of our staff members' weekend, but it was entirely worth it. We covered every major match throughout the event via twitter and our site, but in effort to condense all of this...

Article: The Best Quotes from MLG Raleigh 2011

Major League Gaming - Raleigh, 2011 was a massive success for e-sports and for the competitors involved; we were there for the entire weekend (a cumulative 40-odd hours), and heard all of the best StarCraft 2 quotes from the event. Enjoy the hilarious, frighteningly serious, and ambiguous statements from pro players below! If Bomber's trolling match...

Article: Gladiatorial Showmanship from STBomber vs. DonRaeGu at MLG Raleigh

"Wait – why is he scanning so much? Maybe Bomber thinks DonRaeGu has epilepsy and he’s trying to give him a seizure!” In typical commentator style, Tasteless’ words flowed with such rapidity that they nearly went right by the crowd, but in the peak of the joke, the entire spectator crowd erupted in laughter. STBomber found himself playing against DRG in an epic Terran vs. Zerg semi-final battle on the main stage,...

Article: StarCraft 2 Winners Bracket Expectations - MLG Raleigh 2011

StarCraft 2 has been progressing with unbelievable intensity all weekend; when we wrote our Day 1 Synopsis, the overwhelming upsets and surprises of our favorite pros being annihilated by players who seemed unfit to compete against them challenged our analytical abilities. Yesterday, we were teased with future possibilities for

Article: MLG Raleigh 2011 Teases with Plans for 2012!

MLG announces 2012 to be the year of innovation. During Friday’s late night State of the Game, Sundance DiGiovanni and Adam Apicella explained to the eager-but-extremely-tired public the plans for 2012.

Article: StarCraft 2 Day 1 Synopsis - MLG Raleigh 2011

A nuke?! Nobody nukes (successfully) at tournaments! MLG's first series of SC2 matches ran last night, so if you missed out on them, here's a quick synopsis of the events: The first match of...

Article: MLG Raleigh 2011 Kicks Off Despite Encroaching Hurricane

Our arrival at MLG Raleigh 2011 was greeted by a single, amorphous mass of anxious gamers zealously storming the gates of Major League Gaming’s grand opening. We’re still live at the event right now, so if you’re planning to head over here, you can get all the details of when, where, and who’s present here.

Article: League of Legends Joins the MLG Pro Circuit

MLG surprises us again, and this time, it's by adding League of Legends (LoL) to their Pro Circuit lineup, which consists of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: Reach, and Starcraft 2. So for all of you LoL fans that were not thinking of attending to MLG this year, you...

Article: MLG Pro Circuit Returns to Raleigh

The most galvanizing, adrenaline-pumping, gaming-centric event has announced its glorious return to one of the fastest growing game development regions on the East Coast: Raleigh, NC. Our visit to Major League Gaming's StarCraft 2 tourneys last year resulted in an entire afternoon of Doritos indulgence, artery-clogging soda, and the purest (likely sugar-powered)...

Article: Tournament Gaming Revolution

The chiptune sounds that once emanated from within the walls of arcades have long faded into darkness; the affordable nature of modern console and PC gaming effortlessly decimated the away-from-home competition. It leaves something to be wanted, though - with virtually no reason to leave the house these days, especially with the explosion of powerhouses like Newegg and Amazon, gamers have to find a reason to converge at a common ground and...

Article: Gaming Lounge Resurgence - Strafe Gaming

The evolution of the Internet has brought a double-edged sword down upon the gaming masses. Our ability to purchase hardware and software at reduced prices via Newegg or Amazon has negated any reason to venture "out," and the humble household console has brought the arcades in. Yes - we have downloadable games at our fingertips, but here's the problem: what happens when you want to, you know, get out of the house?...

Article: GG: Global Gaming - Pakistan

Grandiose expos like E3 publicize American gaming culture to the world, but what is it like to be a gamer in other countries – like Pakistan? Every year I am tempted to attend E3 when it broadcasts live. The expo is a gaming symbol to the...

Article: GG: Gaming Culture - The Meaning of 'Gamer'

You are on a gaming website, reading an article about gamers, and likely admiring the box art on the left side of the screen (made you look). You are a gamer, a part of a special breed and a member of a unique subculture. We're outfitted with our own language, often varying between the hardcore and the forumites; our own traditions, including April fools site overhauls, t-bagging, griefing, and rick-rolling; we...